Windows Server Version áá˝áąááťáŹá¸á á˝áŹáá˝ááşááŹáá˛áˇáĄá፠Lifecycle Support ááźáąáŹááˇáş Microsoft Support Ticket áá˝áąáá˝ááˇáşááááŹáá˝áą ááźá áşáááşááŤáááşá áĄá˛ááŽáĄáá˝ááş Production Environment áážáŹáážááá˛áˇ Server áá˝áąááᯠMicrosoft Support Ticket ááĄáąáŹááş Upgrade ááŻááşááá˛áˇáĄáááŻááşá¸áá˝áąáážáŹ System Engineer áá˝áąáĄáá˝ááşááąáŤááşá¸á áŹá¸áá˛áˇáĄáááŻááşá¸áá˝áąááŤááŹááąáŹá áááŻááąáŹáˇááŹá¸ System Engineer áá˝áąáĄáá˝ááş Less Service Impact ááźá áşáááŻáˇáááşá Low Risk ááźá áşáááŻáˇáááş á ááşá¸á áŹá¸ááááşááᯠUpgrade áááŻáážá áşáááŻááşá¸áá˝á˛á ááşá áŹá¸ááźááˇáşááźáááşá
- Swing Migration (Less Service Impact/ Low Risk)
- In-Place Upgrade (so many application dependencies)
What is Swing Migration?
Virtual Machine áá áşááŻááᯠLatest Windows Version Install ááŻááşáááşá áááŻáĄááşáá˛áˇ Application/ Configuration/ Settings/ Patching áĄáŹá¸ááŻáśá¸ Ready ááŻááşááźáŽá¸ááž Swing áááŻáá˛áˇáĄáááŻááşá¸ááźáąáŹááşá¸ááŻáśá¸áááŻááşááŻáśáá˛á áĄáááşá Server áĄáá áşááĄááŻááşáááŻááşáá°á¸áááŻáááşáááşá¸ Old Server áááŻááźááşáá˝ážáąáˇááźáŽá¸ááŻáśá¸áááŻáˇáááąáŹáˇ Low Risk áááŻáˇááźáąáŹáááŻáˇááááşá ááťá˝ááşá¸ááťááşáĄááąáá˛áˇáááąáŹáˇ Virualization áážááá˛áˇ Environment áážáŹáážáááŻáá˝ááşáááşá Physical Server áá áşááŻáśá¸áááşááąáŹááşá¸áááŻáˇáááŻááŹáááąáŹáˇ áá˛áᲠááŤá
In-Place Upgrade
In-Place Upgrade áááąáŹáˇ Physical Server áááŻáááşááąáŹáˇ No Choice ááŤá Virtual Machine áááŻáááşááąáŹáˇ Original Server ááᯠClone áááŻááşá Clone Server ááąáŤáşáážáŹ Upgrade ááŻááşá ááźáŽá¸ááž Swing ááťáááŻááşááŻáśáá˛á But In-Place Upgrade á Server Version ááĄáááşá¸áážáááˇáşááąáááş New Installation áááşáĄááťáááşáááŻááźáŹáááŻááşáááşá Steps áááşá¸ááťáŹá¸áááşá Application Dependicies áá˛áˇ Failure rate ááťáŹá¸áááşá áááş Windows Version áááą áááşááᯠupgrade ááŻááşáááŻáˇááá˛áááŻááŹáááŻááąáŹáˇáĄáąáŹááşáááŻáśáážáŹááźááˇáşááŤá
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